Two cases of measles have been confirmed in school-aged children in West Texas less than two weeks after the highly contagious respiratory illness was also reported in a pair of Houston residents. The children are residents of Gaines County who have not received the vaccine that protects against measles,

Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, measles vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years.

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Two school-age children from Gaines County who had measles were hospitalized in Lubbock, state officials said.

Gov. Josh Green battled a measles outbreak that killed 83 people, mostly children. President Trump wants Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a vaccine skeptic, as his health policy chief.

Physicians say a measles inoculation rate of roughly 95% achieves herd immunity. Pike and Wayne fall short by some of Pa.'s widest margins.

Texas sees first measles cases since 2023, with confirmed cases in Harris and Lubbock counties, highlighting the importance of vaccination.

The Chatham-Kent public health unit and the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance are warning people who visited the hospital emergency room at specific times this past week that they may have been exposed to measles.

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The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed two cases of measles in children in Gaines County. According to a release, the two children, who are related, were in the hospital in Lubbock before being released.

This entire administration is DEI for mediocre white men who know nothing about how to lead a country through a crisis.